Fear Factor

Many channels are airing serials based on Fear Factor theme. Just this week colors TV started with Level 2 of Khatron ke Khiladi and for the past few days I have been watching Iss Jungle se mujhe bachao. One of the things that I wonder is the way the celebrities overcome their fears and do all the tasks whereas some of them are really too difficult. Bitten by spiders, python, crabs and still they are a part of the series. Not sure if we are born with fears, but yes, they do grow as we grow. It is always better to nip your fear when it is young but we are mostly not able to do it. If we talk about my fear, I am still struggling to get rid of deep water fear and fear of snakes.
Water-as lovely as it looks, the more deadly it is. Water has always fascinated me but I cannot enjoy it as I am scared of deep waters. To get rid of this, I took swimming classes but I think it increased my fear. Earlier I just knew the word drowning but in my swimming classes I experienced drowning and realized that within seconds what this water can do. I think that the problem was that I learned swimming very late and to add to it, before I could learn it properly I was asked to dive in deep waters. Diving was not difficult but once you come above the water we have to swim about 50 meters and reach the other end. But I never managed to reach the other end, I always drowned in the middle. So it was a regular site - me diving with full confidence and getting drowned in the middle and then the coach coming to rescue me. Last summers, I again started with my classes; however I couldn’t get rid of my fear. I can swim, but only in 5 feet water this is what I concluded. My body just gets numb as soon as I cross the safety mark so now I am not even trying beyond that line.
Snake - another dreaded thing. Thankfully, I didn’t come across many. I think just 2-3 times I have seen them from a distance of around 50 meters in their natural habitat but yes often in my dreams. My husband is just the opposite, he is a wildlife lover and doesn’t fear snake. I cancel the Corbett trip every time because of this fear. He watches the snake things a lot on Discovery TV and it appears to me that may be by this way I will be making peace with them. However, just a few days back a man was holding a python and just that made me hysteric. I shouted at him to stay away from me and that made me realize that still I am scared of them.
These are my two fears that I hope to conquer some time in my life. So, what are your fears?